Drying device.



NOQ 894,560'. PATBNTED JULY 28, 1908r R. WOERNER.

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v APPLICATION FILED JULY26.1905.

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DRYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908i.

Application filed J'uly 26, 1905. Serial No. 271,327.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT WOERNER, a citizen of the German Empire,residing at N o. 54 Luisenring, Mannheim, German Empire,` have inventeda new and useful lmproved Drying Device, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to lan im- ,proveddevice for dryingwashing and consists of the details'of construction hereinafter setforth and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

In order to render the present specification easily intelligiblereference is had to the accompanying drawings in which similar lettersof reference denote similar parts throughout the several views Figure lis a plan of one form of the invention, Fig. 2 a sectional elevation ofthe same, Fig. 3 a detail view of one of the arms of the lazy tongs,Fig. 4 a section on the line A-B of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 a vertical sectionthrough a slide block drawn to a larger scale, Fig.. 6 a similar sectionthrough a supporting block, Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a modificationshowing the device arranged as a stand and Fig. 8 is a part frontelevation of the same.

Referring iirst to Figs. 1 to 6 which show an embodiment of theinvention, which is intended to be supported in a window frame Thedevice comprises a frame consisting of the longitudinal bars a a and thecross bars b b. An extensible spindle C has its ends reduced andextending `through the prolonged ends of the bars a a, said spindle eingextensible in the known manner by means of the sleeve and the screwspindle C and the pin d for rotating the sleeve. The reduced ends e ofthis s indle fit into sockets formed in the end bloc s f (Fig. 6), theexterior surfaces of which are provided with a felt or rubber layer asat g. The frame comprising the bars a, b, is supported in the window oening by clamping these blocks between tllie walls,the soft exteriorpreventing any injury to the walls. At each side of the frame a set oflazy tongs fi, t, is mounted, the central pivots 7c of which extend'into slide blocks l (Fig. 5) which slide in slots m' of the arms or barsa and are provided. with inner anges n to keep the blocks in position inthe slots and also to hold the lazy tongs a suitable distance apart fromthe bars a, and thus to prevent friction. 'Some or all of the pivots 7cexcept the inner ones, may be extended across from one tongs to theother forming the bars o on which the washing may be hung. The two endpivots 7c are prolonged outwardly and screw Athreaded to receive thumbnuts p by means of which one end of the tongs may be clamped in the bara. At the forward end of the frame a spindle is mounted carrying tworeels w w and a central reel y. Around the latter a cord z is wound thefree end of which is attached to a hook Z mounted on the inner bar b.While cords o are attached to and wound round the reels w w and theirfree ends attached to eyes on the end bar o. Thus when the cord e ispulled the lazy tongs may be drawn out to the desired length by means ofthe reels w w being turned and winding up the draw cords. The interiorsurfaces of the interior levers i forming portions of the lazy tongs arerecessed as shown at Figs. 3 and 4 and providedwitheyes screwed into therecesses as at q and from these eyes cords r 1 may be stretched acrossthe frame for the suspension of clothes or the like. The whole devicemay be drawn up into the window 7L by means of the cord s attached tothe frame at t and passing through eye u in the up er portion of thewindow frame.

n Figs. 7 and 8 the lazy tongs and the frame are su ported vertically onsuitable feet 3, 3, the device is otherwise the same as that describedwith reference to Figs. 1 to 6.

lt will be obvious that the device might be supported in a variety ofother ways without departing from the spirit of the invention, as

`also that the details described embrace merely embodiments, which mightbe varied in a great many ways.

claim as my invention:-

1. A device for drying washing consisting of a rigid frame having lazytongs mounted therein at each side and connected up by cross bars, aspindle on which the said frame is pivotally mounted, said spindlehaving blocks at each end, cushions on the outer surfaces of the blocksand means for extending the length of the said spindle to clamp theblocks against the walls substantially as described.

2. A device for drying clothes and the like consisting of a rigid frame,a spindle at one end and means for clamping said spindle between twosupporting walls, said frame being rotatable on said spindle, lazy tongsmounted to slide in the side bars of the same In testimony whereof Ia'HiX my signature frame lnd having crosfs bars eitending in thepresence of two Witnesses. across t e same, means or exten in said 1 n,T s 1 tongs and for retaining them in the dgesired ROBILR l' XXO'DJRNLR' 5 position and' means for swinging the said Witnesses:

frame up into the Window space or against Jos. H. LEUTE, the Wallsubstantially as described. i LOTHAR KBEL.

